Category Archives: Magic
Giving Kids the Gift of Your Time at Christmas
giving the best thing you have as a gift… Meaningful gifts are my favorite at Christmas time! Mike is great at giving me gifts. I talked about some of those last year here. I’m excited about giving our kids some really cool gifts this year. Giving our time to the people that we love most [...]
Kids and Sick Days
Over 60% of us are down for the count… Last night I was laying in bed with a fever and reading the book, “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed. I bought it over 2 months ago and it’s been sitting on my night table begging me to read it. I’ve always had something else to do. Being [...]
Goodbye Summer.
The best one yet…. Hello Blog Friends! I’m sure you’re wondering what the heck ever happened to me. I went off grid without saying a word. I apologize for that…and at the same time have to say I loved the freedom and completeness that I could give to my family. It’s so easy to [...]
Adventure: Karen Hesse
meeting a writer. Girls on the run has just finished. I look at my phone’s clock and know that were are going to have to race home, drop all of our backpacks, put together a little snack , jump back in the car, and zoom back to school. I foresee in all of this [...]
Valentine’s Day: Last minute ideas
today… Valentine’s Day is here! I don’t know about you but I always feel like it gets here too soon. I look forward to it and it happens on the same day every year. And still…I wait until it’s actually here (or on Valentine’s Eve) to do much about it. We have our usual Valentine’s [...]
A little tenderness
affection. Every family has different ways of showing affection, it’s a way to show our tenderness for one another. It’s also one of the things that bond us to each other and help families to feel close to one another. Research has shown that strong and healthy families are comfortable showing and giving affection to [...]
Summertime.
Remembering summer. Today I came across pictures that I have yet to process from a lovely little trip the girls and I took to the beach last summer. It was filled with ocean, sand, laughing, our beach umbrella blowing away, digging, eating, and more laughing. It was a quick and delight filled couple of days. [...]
What is Love 15?
A little love everyday. Looking for the contest? Click here! Love 15 is a little prompt each day. One small idea that takes less then 15 minutes. (want to try a day for free? click on the yellow box ——> or near the end of this post) It’s an idea that only takes 15 minutes [...]
Kid Dates
super fun. Since Emmett was little we’ve tried to have kid dates with each one of our 4 children. It gets complicated sometimes and I wish I could say we were ultra consistent. We aren’t. But we’re getting better. A kid date is an hour to 90 minutes of uninterrupted fun time with only one [...]
